BOWIE - PINUPS RADIO SHOW - INSANELY RARE - MINT - SEALED - UNPLAYED
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BOWIE - PINUPS RADIO SHOW - INSANELY RARE!! - MINT!! - SEALED!! - UNPLAYED!!
When Bowie's album PINUPS was released in 1973, a promotional show was created (to be sent to Radio Stations). The show featured 15 minutes of Bowie’s musings and insights into the London music scene back then, interspersed with five songs from the album. The promo was produced by Bowie himself and Ken Scott (who produced Bowie’s albums from Hunky Dory through to Pin Ups) but, unfortunately, the show never made it to the airwaves.
Here's a transcript of Bowie's musings between the tracks:
Rosalyn (The Pretty Things)
“I’d already been up Ealing Broadway to see Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated, and that’s when he had a killer line up with Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Cyril Davies and Spike Heatley on bass, Graham Bond on organ and alto with of course John Baldry on vocals. I think most London art school students found themselves carted up there some time or other. Viv Andrews and Dick Taylor for sure. Dick was at Sidcup forming The Pretty Things with Phil after he got chucked out of the Stones. Phil was pretty electric and cleared most halls in about 15 minutes.”
Here Comes the Night (Them)“Anyway, there was lots to choose from – up the Windmill or the Elephant, get blocked and bussed over to Richmond. Brian had cancer and was going to drop any day, Mick never washed. How could this new lot replace the Stones? Yardbirds? Any wallop, they blasted out the old solos.”
I Wish You Would (The Yardbirds)
“The Liddypool [Liverpool] thing didn’t mean a light up Richmond. It affected one band who dropped the ‘beat’ bit and became The Merseys. Never saw ’em play but they hung about a lot.”
Sorrow (The Merseys)
“So there you were, you had the Prettys, Yardbirds and, if you ventured down The Marquee on a Sunday night, the Floyd with dear old Syd, or The Animals down Windmill Street at the Scene Club, Eel Pie Island Ricky Tick Club for The Creation or Reg’s mob The Action. But the biggest buzz was back at The Marquee. They dressed weeks out of date, but they did all the right stuff – Martha and Vandellas and all that. A lot of action on a night. They were our band, The Who.”
I Can’t Explain (The Who)
The promo was was unearthed by Nigel Reeve who oversaw Bowie’s back catalogue. In 2015 (the year before Bowie's death), he said, “I discovered it during some research several years ago. It was in an old tape vault on 1/4″ tape with simply the words ‘Radio Show’ written on it. This is such a rare find. No one knew of its existence, apart from David and Ken. To play it for the first time was quite simply a jaw dropping moment.”
You can hear the full album on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFQ2PgqrPcUThis 10 inch vinyl version was originally intended as an exclusive free bonus to purchasers who pre-ordered the Bowie boxset: Five Years 1969 - 1973 (which included the PINUPS album) online from David Bowie Store for US buyers and from David Bowie Store Parlophone UK for EU buyers and it was shipped separately. It then also sold individually, for a brief period, exclusively in the US online Bowie store only.
Those early copies were snapped up pretty quickly and, to this day, this 10 inch vinyl remains one of the most prised and rare Bowie collectables.
This copy is in mint (new) condition and is still sealed. The barcode and scratched off record store sticker remains on the back cover (on the seal) but the seal remains unbroken so the vinyl inside has never seen the light of day.
1p start with no minimum bid. It will sell for what it's worth. Remember, this LP is in the UK so no import tax to pay (if buying from the UK).
Postage is for UK signed for and will include insurance.
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